AC Milan are reportedly set to complete the signing of midfielder Samuele Ricci on Thursday as they finalise the deal this week.
The 23-year-old has emerged as a long-standing top transfer target for the Rossoneri, and particularly this summer as we look to potentially rebuild our midfield.
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While Tijjani Reijnders has already departed, the likes of Ismael Bennacer, Tommaso Pobega and Yacine Adli could all move on permanently this summer in order to make space and generate additional transfer funds for Massimiliano Allegri to construct a squad suited to his ideas and identity.
After impressing for Empoli and Torino, and subsequently earning 10 caps for Italy, it appears as though Ricci has emerged as an ideal candidate to lead the rebuild, with Gianluca Di Marzio reporting that the Italian international will undergo his medical on Thursday ahead of finalising his move to join us later in the day.
Further, he reports that the fee paid to Torino will be €23m plus €1.5m in add-ons, while there will be a sell-on clause included in the agreement with the Granata receiving 10 percent of any future resale fee.
As for personal terms, Ricci is said to be set to put pen to paper on a four-year contract worth €2m per season, and so if accurate, that is excellent business from Milan in relation to managing our wage bill, while the transfer fee will likely be covered by the funds received from Reijnders’ departure.
This is certainly not expected to be the only midfield signing this summer with Luka Modric and Ardon Jashari continuing to be heavily linked with joining us too, and so assuming the likes of Youssouf Fofana and Ruben Loftus-Cheek remain at the club for next season, that will undoubtedly be a stronger midfield unit capable of competing at a much higher level as we look to secure domestic success in Allegri’s first campaign back at the helm.
Our rebuild plans will go beyond our midfield too, and so it’s expected to be a very busy couple of months between now and the end of the transfer window as both incomings and outgoings are expected aplenty.
